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Saturday was Pagan pride Day in Berkeley.  Many dear friends of mine participated, and if someone sends me an account, I’ll pass it along.  But after much dithering one way and the other, I did not go.

Anne Hill has a good review of a worthy new Pagan book that helps us find grounds for good living that are not rooted in someone else’s commandment:, The Other Side of Virtue, by Brendan Myers. http://gnosiscafe.com/gcblog/2009/04/30/living-la-vida-virtuosa/  Check it out, as well as the blog and the book. In the interest of full disclosure, I…

Last Saturday we raised a Maypole in drizzling rain on a hill top in Sonoma County.  The day was soggy, still, a  heavy mist turning often to light drizzle putting the dampers on some traditional revelry.  But our setting was wonderful: the top of a grassy knoll surrounded by giant gnarly old oak trees.  …

Does DNA have telepathic qualities?  Do principles of emergent self-organization pervade reality?  A recent scientific article in The Journal of Physical Chemistry B suggests this may be so.    A popular description of this work can be found in Does DNA Have Telepathic Properties?-A Galaxy Insight I discovered this research when Stephen A, Schwarz reported it…

Joyce and River Higgenbotham have written a new book, ChristoPaganism,  that I think will interest any Pagan concerned with the broader boundaries of our community, or any Christian interested in the long-term compatibility of Pagan and Christian spirituality.

Valerie Voigt told me about the May issue of Harpers, whose cover story, “Taking of Jerusalem by crusaders,”   describes the attempt by conservative evangelical Christians to take over the American military, turning it into a vehicle of religious indoctrination at the point of a gun.   I had reported on this problem earlier in my blog…

I was replying in the comments section to some arguments about my last post on the PEW poll and disproportionate LDS involvement in torture, but I ended up in territory that I decided merited a post of its own. For years many Christians have accused Pagans of not having a firm foundation for ethical behavior. …

Mormons Disproportionately Involved in Torture Regular Church goers are more likely to approve of torture than others, Evangelicals scored highest of all, at over 60%.

Anne Hill, who has a wonderfully irreverent blog of her own,  just sent me a  very useful link to charities in harmony with a polytheistic worldview.  The list recommends other sites and urges people to send in their own suggestions, as it makes no claims to being complete.  But it is an impressive start as…

Up at 4:30 to celebrate the May and ‘bring in’ the sun.  I learned (on my blog!) that Sebastopol has Morris dancers as well: Apple Tree Morris.  So I got to sleep later, saved a lot of driving, supported my local community, and attended their performance instead.   And a wonderful performance it was!  The…
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